Kingdom of Powys

The Kingdom of Powys was a Welsh petty kingdom that existed from the 5th century to 1160, with Caer Guricon, Pengwern, Mathrafal, Welshpool, and Chester serving as its capitals at various points in time. Powys was created by the Romano-British following the end of Roman rule in the British Isles, and it included much of eastern Wales. Through the twelfth and thirteenth centuries, Norman marcher lords from England encroached into Welsh territory. After the death of Madog ap Maredudd died in 1160, the kingdom disintegrated into northern and southern principalities, namely Powys Wenwynwyn and Powys Fadog.